Occupy D.C. protest draws 31 arrests

The Occupy D.C. encampment in Washington’s McPherson Square has been largely peaceful since it sprang up two months ago, but the scene drew 31 arrests on Sunday after protesters refused to take down a wooden building that they were putting up without a permit, according to The Washington Post. See: Washington Post story about Occupy D.C. arrests.

Police moved in with a forklift and dismantled the structure, but it appears that the tent encampment remains.

Along with McPherson Square, protests for Occupy D.C. have also been entrenched in Freedom Plaza. Unlike the Occupy Wall Street encampment, and many others around the country, the tents inhabited by Occupy D.C.’s protesters remain in place as the winter of 2011 sets in.